Hold onto Your Hats: My Halloween Contest Starts NOW!

No, it’s not giving the middle finger. I never said I was good at this.

Last fall, when this blog was still called Go Guilty Pleasures!, I asked readers to make a 30-second video blog about a favorite guilty pleasure. The winner received a custom jack-o-lantern, designed and carved by yours truly.

Imagine apple picking with THIS.

I know. As if fall wasn’t already the Darren Criss of seasons.

I had so much fun with it, I immediately started thinking about next year’s contest. Video blogs are tricky; I wanted something easier for participants.

Then this happened:

Did you hear Renée likes to win? (rasjacobson.com)

And this happened:

Donah, aren’t slap bracelets royally awesome? (sweetjellybean.com)

And it hit me. I love hats. All hats. It’s, without a doubt, a top guilty pleasure. Thus, I bring to you:

The Rules

Design a hat incorporating something fun / funny / silly that speaks to your inner chipmunk. Use ANYTHING, so long as you can find a way to put it on your head and take a picture.

If you want to stay anonymous, you can put the hat on a pet or stuffed animal, or I will gladly superimpose a head of your my choosing onto the picture before posting it.

I am delighted to inform you that the images here exceed the Maximum Hotness Rating Per Post standards set by . . .oh, wait. I guess there aren’t any. Hats off to you for this fun idea. I’m looking forward to the parade!

Obviously Hugo will be the wearer of any chapeau I create with my ham hands, but isn’t his bald head what makes him magnificent? Isn’t putting a hat on his head the equivalent of blocking out the sun? This is tough because, as you know, my life goal is to win a pair of ‘stache glasses.

Hmmm, hats. That is indeed a tricky idea. I’m not sure who’s head I would put it upon as there is that whole anonymity thing to consider. And I’m not really sure that the world is ready for a feet hat just yet. (Stache glasses, yes . . . hat? Nope). I will need to work on this, for sure.

I can’t believe you are doing this. This was going to be my winter gig. Kind of. I mean hats. Oy. You saw my hat dance, right? I lurve hats. And I have a million! I might have to still do it. My prize is different. And what I’d be asking people to do is different. Omigosh, Jules! I don’t want you to think I’m a copy cat.

Can we go with great minds think alike?

PS: I look yummy in that picture. I mean, my hat looks yummy in this picture. ;-)

This might finally be my chance to get me some ‘stache glasses. I AM the hat girl. I adore hats and wear them as much as I can, which is just one more reason I love winter. I’ve got a lot of them, too.

Funny hat story: When my sister got married back in the 90s, I wore a crushed velvet hat with a silk flower and a big feather sticking out (Sadly, I don’t have it anymore.) To say it made a splash would be an understatement. This was in November. I was visiting home several months later either for Easter or over the summer, and my sister, my mother and I went to mass because the priest that did my sister’s wedding was there that day. After the mass, we went up to say hello. He greeted my sister, asked how she was, etc. Then he saw me. “Heeeeyyyyy! It’s the hat sister! How the heck are ya??” I think my sister is still a little annoyed at me.

I love me a hat. And as you well know, my Zelda and Mrs.Parker love them some hats too. Oh, the possibilities…

Oh, if only I could enter a pre-made hat…the wretched train engineer-inspired Easter bonnet my great-aunt bought for me in 1979. I have posted pictures of it on my blog and made even the hardest hearts ache with pity. I would rule this contest. You’re going to actually expect us to be creative? Geesh. More homework. You’re so tough on us, Jules.

Oh my sweet lord. This is the contest i was born for! One of my wedding themes was fancy hats!!!! But can i make one? Homework? What homework 0______0 SUCH a great idea, but i guess you probably get tired of hearing of your genious ;) Game on!